Esaias 48
1 Høyr dette, de av Jakobs hus, de som er nemnde med Israels-namnet og hev runne or Judas kjelda, de som sver ved Herrens namn og ærar Israels Gud - men ikkje med sanning og rett!
[Yahweh says], “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, who are [also] descendants of Judah and are now called [the people of] Israel, Listen to me! You make solemn promises using my name, Yahweh, and you request that I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, [will hear you], but you do not do it sincerely.
2 For dei kallar seg etter den heilage byen og lit på Israels Gud som heiter Allhers-Herren.
You say that you live in the holy city [of Jerusalem], and [you insincerely say] that you are relying on me, the God to whom you [people of] Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels.
3 Dei fyrste hendingar hev eg forkynt for lenge sidan, or min munn gjekk dei ut, og eg kunngjorde deim; brått hev eg sett deim i verk, og dei kom.
Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
4 For eg visste at du er hard, at nakken din er som ei jarnspong og panna di som kopar.
I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] [as hard as] iron or brass [DOU].
5 So forkynte eg deg det for lenge sidan, kunngjorde deg det fyrr det kom, so du ei skulde segja: «Bilætet mitt hev gjort det, mitt skorne eller støypte bilæt’ hev skipa det til.»
That is why I told you those things long ago. Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur, in order that [when they happened] you could not say ‘Our idols did it; our statue made of wood and our idol made of metal caused them to happen.’
6 Du hev høyrt det, sjå det no alt i hop! Og de, må de ikkje sanna det? Men no eg forkynner deg nytt, dulde ting som du ikkje veit um.
You have heard those things [that I predicted] and now you have seen that they have all occurred, so why do you not admit it [RHQ]? Now I will tell you new things, things that you have not known previously.
7 No vert det skapt og ikkje fyrr, og du hev’kje høyrt um det fyrr i dag, so du ikkje skulde segja: «Det visste eg!»
I am causing them to happen now; they are not things I did long ago. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about those things.’
8 Du hev korkje høyrt eller visst det eller fyrr fenge øyra upp for det, for eg visste at du er falsk, og «utru» du heiter frå moderliv.
[I will tell you about] things that you have never heard about or understood before. Even long ago you did not pay attention to me [IDM]. I know that you act very deceitfully/treacherously; you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation [MTY].
9 For mitt namn skuld døyver eg min harm, og for mi æra skuld ber eg yver med deg, so eg ikkje tynar deg reint.
But, for my own sake, in order that I will be honored, I will not punish [MTY] you immediately and I will not completely get rid of you.
10 Eg hev smelta deg - men vann ikkje sylv, eg hev prøvt deg i lidingsomnen.
I have purified you, but not the way [people refine] silver. Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much [to get rid of your impure behavior], like [MET] [people put metal in a very hot] furnace [to get rid of the impurities].
11 For mi skuld, for mi skuld gjer eg det, for skulde eg tola at namnet mitt vert krenkt? Mi æra gjev eg ingen annan.
But for my [MTY] own sake I will delay punishing you more; I will do it for my own sake in order that my reputation will not be damaged [RHQ]. I will not allow any [person or any idol] to be honored as I [deserve to be] honored.”
12 Høyr på meg, Jakob, og du Israel som eg hev kalla! Eg er det, eg, den fyrste, og eg er den siste med.
“You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen, listen to me! [Only] I am God; I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end.
13 Mi hand hev og grunnfest jordi, og mi høgre hand spana himmelen ut. So snart eg kallar på deim, stend dei der båe.
I [SYN] am the one who laid the foundation of the earth. I stretched out the sky with my hand. And when I tell [the stars] to appear, they all do what I tell them.
14 Kom saman alle og høyr: Kven av deim hev kunngjort dette? Han som Herren elskar, skal gjera hans vilje mot Babel og vera hans arm mot kaldæarfolket.
All of you, gather together and listen to me. None of your idols has [RHQ] told this to you: I, Yahweh, have chosen [Cyrus] to assist me, and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do, and his army will get rid of [the army of] Babylonia.
15 Eg, eg hev tala, ja hev kalla honom, eg hev late han koma og få lukka på ferdi.
I have said it; I have summoned [Cyrus]. I have appointed him, and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do.
16 Kom hit til meg, høyr dette! Frå upphavet tala eg ei i løyndom. Frå den tid det kom, då var eg der. Og no hev Herren, Herren sendt meg og sin ande.
Come close to me and listen to what I say. Long ago [MTY] I told you plainly/clearly [LIT] [what would happen], and when those things occurred, I was [causing them to happen].” And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me [to give you a message].
17 So segjer Herren, utløysaren din, Israels Heilage: Eg er Herren, din Gud, som lærer deg det som gagnar, som leider deg på vegen du skal fara.
This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of [us] Israelis, says: “I am Yahweh, your God; I teach you what is important for you [to know]; I direct you and lead you to the roads that you should walk on [MET].
18 Å, vilde du lyda på mine bod! Då vart din fred som elvi og di rettferd som havsens bylgjor.
I wish that you had paid attention to my commands! If you had done that, things would have gone well for you like [SIM] a river that flows gently; you would have been successful again and again, like [SIM] waves that come without ceasing.
19 Då vart di ætt som sanden og di livsfrukt som sandkorn; ættarnamnet vart aldri øydt eller utsletta for mi åsyn.
Your descendants would have been [as many as] [MET] the grains of sand [on the seashore] [which no one can count]. I would not have needed to get rid of you; the country of [MTY] [Israel] would not have been destroyed.”
20 Drag ut or Babel, fly frå kaldæarland! Med fagnadrop forkynn og fortel det, spreid det ut til verdsens ende! Seg at Herren hev løyst ut sin tenar Jakob!
[However, now I tell you], leave Babylon! Flee from [being slaves of the people of] Babylonia! Proclaim this message joyfully; send it to the most remote/distant places on the earth: Yahweh freed the people of Israel [from being slaves in Egypt].
21 Dei tyrste ikkje; i øydemark førde han deim, vatn or berget let han sildra åt deim, han kløyvde berget, og vatnet renn.
They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them [to drink].
22 Dei gudlause hev ingen fred, segjer Herren.
“But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.
